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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is Kovály summoned to appear before a party committee?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1968.

2. What is listed Margolius' official cause of death?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) An infection.
(c) Suffocation by hanging.
(d) Natural causes.

3. What happens when family associates and friends hear about Margolius' arrest?
(a) They stage a protest.
(b) They sever all relations to Kovály.
(c) They arrange a lawyer for Margolius.
(d) They send food and money to Kovály.

4. How is Margolius associated with Rudolf Slánský?
(a) They share an office.
(b) They play golf together.
(c) They know each other as teenagers.
(d) They have virtually no connection.

5. What is the meaning of the 'S' stamped on Margolius' case file?
(a) His arrest is associated with Slánský's arrest.
(b) That his arrest relates to state security.
(c) It indicates that he is Jewish.
(d) It indicates that the Soviet Union requested his arrest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens politically in the spring of 1968?

2. What work does Pavel Kovály find for Kovály after she loses her work-at-home job?

3. What punishment does Margolius receive for his supposed crimes?

4. What is one reason Ivan is sent to stay in the country occasionally?

5. After recovering from her illness and mourning, what document does Kovály realize she needs in order to arrange her life?

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